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Published by Club Deportivo;
by Ron Wikel
RUMORS About Turner Island
and Sport Fishing?
You may have heard the rumor
circulating throughout the Kino
Bay fishing community that
Prescott College and
CONAPESCA (National
Commission for Aquaculture and
Fishing) are promoting the closure
ofTurner Island to sport fishing.
Understandably, this can put fear
in the hearts of sports fishermen.
We understand how damaging
such rumors can be, so in the
interest of calming the situation,
we have checked a few things.
According to Dr. Ed Boyer, PhD,
Co-director for the Kino Bay
Center for Cultural and Ecological
Studies, Environmental Studies
Program at Prescott College, the
rumor is completely false. In an email to Rick Harris, Dr. Boyer
stated that over the past several
years CoBi (Biodiversity
Community, a non-profit
environmental organization in
Guaymas) has been working with
CONANP (the National
Commission of Protected Natural
Areas), not CONAPESCA, to
determine the possible need for a
Management Protective Area
(MPA) around Turner, particularly
Apdo 84,83348, Bahia de Kino, Sonora, Mexico
to protect the
southern end
productivity which
is related to all the
whale activity
around there. He
also added, “Our
contribution to the
whole thing has
been that we give our whale data
to CONANP and CoBi regularly
for their information and use. So we are not an active agent or
whatever in this particular process
– but establishing an MPA around
Turner is not the same as closing it
to fishing.”
We have requested a meeting at
Club Deportivo with Ana Luisa
Figueroa Carranza, the Director in
Sonora for CONANP, to get firsthand information about the matter,
though it I have been told it will
not be possible this season.
Meanwhile, we need to remain
ever vigilant while keeping our
emotions in bounds. Remember
that rumors are not facts. To date,
we have received no official
notification that sport fishing is
going to be blocked. Of course, as
sport fishermen, we do not want to
be blamed for the decline of
fishing in our area when we
witness damaging practices on the
part of others that destroy the
seabed and devastate the food
chain. It is in all of our best
interests to fish responsibly,
support sustainable practices, and
encourage enforcement of the laws
that exist for protecting the natural
resources, the sport, and the
industry.
Filiberto Vargas, Club Manager
April 201 3
Community
Outreach
Joe Machock, 2nd VP
It’s been quite a productive year for
Community Outreach.
I’ve learned it’s not always easy
balancing all the needs of a community
with the varied wishes and priorities of a
diverse Club membership; but we’ve
tried! What is “too much” fund raising?
How do you fulfill the Club’s chartered
mission to “promote charitable projects
and endeavors” in ways that use Club
resources responsibly and don’t create the
wrong kind of dependency?
So here is what we’ve done this year:
• Reduced number of fund raising events.
• Spread the opportunities around by
involving 15 benefitting groups in the
process of raising the money.
• Established a process for thoroughly and
fairly evaluating assistance requests.
• Tied the amount of Club funds for charity
to the actual membership and budget of the
Club.
• Built cooperative relationships with other
assistance agencies, organizations, and
programs (DIF, Grupo Esperanza, the
Catholic Church and missionaries in Old
Kino, the Comisario’s office, Rescate y
Salvamento, the Community Church home
building group) to reduce duplication and
combine resources when asked for help.
• Used committees to spread the work and
awareness around.
The three fund raising events brought in
nearly US$13,000.00. $9,000.00 of that
was spread over the 15 qualifying groups
that applied and were approved to work
with us on the December
Office hours: Monday - Saturday 8-1 2, 1 -5
RESCUE ONE:
• Provides continuous
tracking of boat trips
in the Sea of Cortez
and land vehicle trips
in the nearby Sonoran
Desert.
• Initiates searches
and/or rescues when
needed.
• Maintains a
coordination center for
any emergency: death,
illness, accidents,
police assistance, etc.
• Serves as a focal point
for radio or telephone
communication
throughout the
community.
RESCUE ONE uses
Channel 24 VHF
Outdoor
Activities
Community outreach, cont.
dinner/auction/raffle. It took a while to get
those funds distributed, due to banking
complications that have finally been
resolved. The other $4,000.00, which,
along with the 20,000 pesos that is already
in reserve for natural disaster relief, is
earmarked for education, nutrition, and
health needs. These funds will carry us
through the summer and fall until a new
cycle begins. Projects currently being
considered for support include a soup
kitchen being opened in Old Kino,
improvement of the Cruz Roja facility, and
participation in the expansion and
improvement of the Clinic. The Charitable
Giving Committee is gathering information
on these items and invites member input
about other worthy causes.
We continue to provide reimbursement to
Farmacía Aquaria for medicines needed by
people who cannot pay. We provide
backpacks, school supplies, and birthday
gifts for needy kids through the
Desayunador.
I want to thank the committees that work
under my area — the Fund Raising
Committee chaired by Gloria Brandt, with
members Nancy Tracy and Lorne Muth;
and the Charitable Giving Committee,
chaired by Carolyn Kinsman, with
members Maria Evans, David Aguilera,
and Tom Vala. The committees that have
worked under them include too many
people to name here, but every one of them
deserves huge appreciation.
Finally, the committees have
recommended that we do no more than two
charitable fund raising events a season in
the future. If there are other Club fund
raising efforts, they will be at the request
of the board of directors to fund needs of
the Club.
Winners for the day were:
1 st Place- Steve Chapman, Bob
Sandin, Mark Tracy, Bill Tucker and
John Nicola.
By Bill Stern, Director of Outdoor
2nd Place- Robert Burnam, Bruna
Burbidge, Mike
Lenihan, Bill Kidd and
Bruce Brown.
3 rd Place- Terry
Roebuck, Marg Babiuk,
Mat Mathews, Marvin
Pickle and Mark
Gagnier.
4th Place- John Carlen,
Francine Bailey, Marla
Anderson, Jerry
Photo by Van Holsbeke
Menefee and Bob
Hutton.
Activities
5 th Place- Phil Hahn, Judy Kidd,
March was a busy month for Outdoor Butch Geier, Darlene Lyons and Dale
Activities. We started the month with Jennings.
the Lago Seco Golf Tourney out in
Longest Drives- Judy Hazen and Bill
the desert. Thanks to all who helped Burchett.
make this a success. Special thanks to Closest to the Pin- Sandy Schafer, and
Teri Overcast for handling the lunch. ???? (I lost my notes)!
There were 66 golfers participating in Lots of folks came out just for the
this 14 hole event. The weather was
lunch and a good time was had by all.
fantastic and the lunch was superb.
We finished the month with the
Fishing Derby. The wind blew hard
for the first 3 days but then the fishing
gods smiled on us for the remainder
of the Derby. Numbers of contestants
were down a little this year but all in
all a good Derby. Thanks to Harold
Martine and Kent Ogden for signing
up the entrants and David at
TheTackle Shop for being our weigh
master.
The results were:
Yellowtail- Judy Kidd
Goldies- Tom Van Hee-1 st Craig
Vernon 2nd Bill Burchett 3 rd.
Heaviest Game Fish- Bill Burchett
1 st Butch Holveck 2nd Les Keute 3 rd
Trigger- Dave Higgins 1 st Karl Malo
2nd Bob Hutton 3 rd
Sheeps Head- Bill Campbell 1 st
Craig Vernon 2nd Bud Stephens 3 rd
Rock Bass- Dwane Lewis 1 st Charlie
Herman 2nd Bob Sandin 3 rd
The Poker Run will be held on April
10th baring any unforeseen problems.
Thanks to everyone! Bill
In the
Kitchen
by Carl Overcast, Director of
Meals
March has been another busy
month, lots of activities and
great participation at the
events. The meal organizers
have produced some amazing
meals and the Club owes
them a big THANK YOU!
This Club cannot survive
without you.
No one has stepped up to
organize a meal for the April
13th date this year. It can be
as simple as hamburgers and
potato salad under the palapa
or we can do a survivors
potluck like we do in the
summer, after all it is the
week after the juniors GO
HOME!
We need lots of sponsors for
next year, you can sign up in
the office any time. I have
the dates but not all the
meals.
Carl Overcast, Kitchen Director
From the
Bar
by Steve Lucas, Bar Director
The bar had another busy month with 9 events:
4 social hours (including a packed Casino
Monte Kino night), 2 sold out dinners, 2 golf
tournaments (including the resurrected Lago
Seco), and a trivia night.
Thanks to the bartenders – Daryl and Anne
DeFrance, Tom and Jan Vala, Marv and
Dorothy Pickle, Julian and Marge Babiuk,
Francine Bailey, Bruce and Jennifer Brown,
Mat Mathews, Melva Shaw, Norma Veazey,
Larry and Bonnie Rogge, Bob Binckes, Craig
Grisham, and Bitsy Herpel. Also, I would like
Anne and Bill Stern are
to thank the staff, Filiberto and Chico,
taking some time off from
Are
you
a
Parlemintarian?
for their efforts to help the bar function
organizing meals. This
Club
Deportivo
needs
a
volunteer
effectively and work with me on
leaves a big hole to fill.
parlemintarian
willing
to
attend
all
board
inventory control.
Bingers, we can’t thank you
enough for all the fine meals meetings and the annual membership
meeting next season. Please contact any The March financial information will be
you have organized and
ready for the April board meeting.
hopefully you’ll be back with board member to discuss your
qualifications
and
experience.
Selection
you lasagna soon.
Salud,
will be made at the November board
Steve Lucas
meeting.
Communications
In 1996, Norman Morgan and Harper
Simms (Dannell Salmen's father)
published a little blue booklet about
the history of Kino Bay. The
forward of the book gives a great
introduction to the contents:
This started out, simply enough, to be
a short history of Club Deportivo,
the sportsmen's (and women's) club
at Bahia Kino, Sonora, Mexico. It was
to be a publication which new
members, especially, might find
interesting and helpful.
It seemed like a good idea to do it
while most of the Club's founders
were still around to add their
reminiscences
to the bare
facts we could
obtain from
records. It
was those
reminiscences
that changed
things!
As those
founders told about their first visits to
Kino Bay, why and how they came,
and what they found here, we began
to realize that we couldn't tell the
story of Club Deportivo without
including some of the colorful
history of the Kino Bay area. And
that could not be obtained just by
reading Club minutes.
So, we got much of our information
from people, not from books, and
thus make no giltedged claim for
scholarly accuracy. But we did talk to
lots of people -- Mexicans whose
families were early residents, and
Americans, some of whom came to
these beaches on the Sea of Cortez
for the first time a surprising number
of years ago. We checked one
account against another and tried to
put them in the setting of
information from century-old
journals of explorers and scientists
who first visited this region that long
ago looking for pearls and gold (they
found neither) or to study the people,
the wildlife, the land and the ocean.
This booklet is now being reprinted, and will be made available to Club Deportivo
members in the near future.
Indoor
Activities
By Jan Vala, Director of Indoor Activities
Photo by Van Holsbeke
The indoor activities for March
were hosted by some of the folks
from The Condominios Jacquelynn:
Bob and Gaye Krogh, Mike and
Nancy Baity and Marcia Hills. The
big event for the month was the
Casino Monte Kino night,
and what a night it was! We
had Terri “Pit Boss” Roebuck,
Bob “Main Guy” Krogh and
Tom “Shady Money Guy”
Vala, and 10 BlackJack
dealers, servicing 100 players,
who were hooting and
hollering and hauling in the
dough. At the end Richard
“Bubba” Tucker showed up,
grabbed the microphone, and
proceeded to auction off some
Respectfully submitted, Jan Vala
Evaluation and Training
committee
Guitars for the school
Hello All from Harvey White.
Well our Dulce Fluates, Recorder program is a
Success. Even more we are asked to expand it
this year. Now we are starting a new program called GPKK or
Guitar Program for Kino Kids .
Our Goal is to start with 20 Student Guitars and 2 Instructors
Guitars,Teaching Manuals, 2 Electronic Tuners and 22 Guitar
Cases. This effort will be for the Secondaria School. We are
absolutely Thrilled to have Professor Terry Roebuck to lead the
Teaching. He is an accomplished Musician and Guitar Player.
We expect some assistance from J Willy and Richard Myers
also.
Our budget is for $2000.00. If you want to contribute to
funding this program, checks to HARVEY N. WHITE notation
Guitar Program will be very much appreciated. You can give
them to me or mail them to the Club Deportivo office.
Our intent is to teach basic Music.
At the program's end, we will test the Students. If competent
they will be awarded the Guitar to continue in a life filled with
Music.
OFFICERS
Ron Wikel, President
Mark Tracy, 1st Vice President
Joe Machock, 2nd Vice President
Barry Bennington, Secretary
Joan Fairweather, Treasurer
very interesting items. Cocktail
waitresses Marlayna Mackenzie and
Jan Vala kept the bathtub gin
flowing.
We also had Walking Aerobics,
Weight and Stretch, Line Dancing,
Reading Group and Party Bridge
throughout the month, as well as
nondenominational church service
each Sunday. The Club was closed
from March 27th through March 31st
for Easter Week.
Steve and Sharon Chapman will host
the month ofApril and on April 19th
will have their annual
Margaritaville Party out at the
Palapa Bar, weather permitting.
At the last board meeting, March 8, 2013, Ron
appointed a committee to work with the staff for the
purpose of identifying problem areas and creating
training opportunities to correct any deficiencies.
The committee consists of: Carl Overcast,
Chairman, Ann De France, Carolyn Kinsman, and
Joan Fairweather.
The committee is currently devising a plan on how
to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the staff.
Upon completion of this process, a training plan
will be implemented. During this process, the staff
is being taught bookkeeping and accounting
concepts. Each employee will be interviewed, their
skills discussed, and goals set. This will be an
ongoing project. Evaluations will be held on a set
schedule and the entire process should create a more
comfortable work environment for all concerned.s
Carl Overcast, Chairman
Board of Directors
BOARD MEMBERS
Pat Akins, Construction & Maintenance
Anne DeFrance, Library & Communications
Steve Lucas, Bar Manager
Bill Stern, Outdoor Activities
Carl Overcast, Meals
Jan Vala, Indoor Activities
Fishing
triggerfish, and a couple of the elusive
pinto bass. JAYHAWKER, RED
ROVER, DAKOTA and 13-0-13 fished
west of Esteban for limits of huge
goldies and sheephead and one
by Matt Curtis
grouper.
2/06 The southwest side of Esteban
Reporting Period: January 25
continued to produce good numbers of
through March 25, 2013
goldies, salmon, and sheephead for
Note: Missing dates normally
NIGHTWINGS, HILL BILLY
mean_that the wind contributed to
and DAKOTA, all while bait
boats not going out to fish. After a hot, YACHT,
fishing
deep.
One yellowtail was jigged
wet summer, the relative humidity
up
under
diving
birds. The water off
finally broke and the temperatures
the northeast corner of Esteban was
dropped in early October and sea
covered with thousands of jumping
surface temperatures began to lower.
porpoise. I had never seen such high
I have a NEW email if you can send
fliers, some leaping as high as the top
me any fishing news or pictures:
of our boat as we cruised past. They
lyncurt0@gmail.com
were definitely attracted to anyone who
I also have an interesting FYI that I
came through the area, escorting boats
found about the Sea of Cortez:
through the area in huge numbers. A
couple of whales were spotted just west
THE VERMILLION SEA (AKA
ofTurner, to finish a beautiful day on
"SEA OF CORTEZ")
FYI: Hernan Cortez called what is now the water.
known as the Sea of Cortez or Gulf of 2/07 Same story. SAND DOLLAR
and DAKOTA fished the southwest
California "The Vermillion Sea". The
corner of Esteban for big bottom fish,
reason was due to the huge rafts of
"Red Tide"" he witnessed, and many of while ROSIE and WET WILLY trolled
us have seen this year here and down at the water southeast of Esteban for nice
yellowtail. The trolling was productive
San Carlos. VInce Radice, an
near diving birds, but you had to be
oceanographer based in San Carlos,
persistent to get them. RED ROVER
confirmed that what we were seeing
was actually a red dinoflagellate. When went to San Pedro for big yellowtail
also.
these red phytoplankton "bloom" in
2/08 Willard produced some nice
great numbers, they produce the socalled "red tide", seen at sea. Some are yellowtail and limits of bonita for
trollers, but i'm afraid I lost track of
toxic and have been causing a lot of
who gave me this report.
deaths in the manatee population in
2/10 DAKOTA and RED ROVER
Florida this year.
fished the Willard to Queen's Rock
1/27 HANNAH RYAN and ROSIE
area for bottom fish, but didn't see any
caught limits of yellowtail and
sign of yellowtail or bonito (the
"goldies" fishing the north end of San different looking variety), and one 34
Esteban, while NIGHTWINGS got a
pound grouper at Queen's. 13-0-13,
nice bunch of big goldies,
ROSIE, and NIGHTWINGS fished
salmon/whitefish, and sheephead off
Esteban again, for bottom fish and
the southwest corner. On the return
yellowtail. The yellowtail were hitting
trip, we spotted large numbers of
trolled lures and jigs fished deep, but
diving birds and changed course to
the trolling was more consistent.
drop iron on the spot for a couple of
2/17 DAKOTA returned to Esteban
decent yellowtail. That area was to
for limits of bottom fish.
become a hot spot for the next month
2/18 DAKOTA, SAND DOLLAR
for yellowtail, along with huge schools and HANNAH RYAN fished Turner
of playful porpoise. They were caught and Esteban for bottom fish including
either by persistent trolling or jigging
goldies, salmon, sheephead, a few "red
in depths between 100 and 150 feet.
snapper-like fish". "Nickletime" landed
2/05 SAND DOLLAR and REEL INN a 30-40 pound grouper.
tried out 14 Mile for "sandies",
3/01 - 3/09 SAND DOLLAR fished
Willard three times, hooking up with
some good catches of the "bonito",
rockies, oldies, and sheephead.
TZIGINE also fished theWillard area,
but on different days for bottom fish
and at least one nice yellowtail.
Although I did not get any other
specific fishing news, it sounded like
the yellowtail had gone into hiding for
a while.
3/ 14 - 3/20 The "Fishing
Tournament"
Bill will have the "Official" places for
all of the categories, so I will just
include a more general overview of
what fish were actually weighed and
where they were caught.
HEAVIEST GAMEFISH:
Seven grouper were actually weighed
in and ranged from 13 to 41 pounds.
Five, including the number one and
two fish, were from San Pedro and two
from San Esteban. The HILLBILLY
YACHT and WET WILLY crews
accounted for five of the seven with
HANNAH RYAN and RED ROVER
catching the balance.
SHEEPHEAD:
Eleven sheephead were weighed and
they ranged from 7 pounds to 12
pounds two oz. San Esteban continued
to dominate the sheephead fishing,
producing nine of the eleven and two
were from San Pedro. All of the
winners were from San Esteban. They
were caught on board the
DAKOTA,SAND DOLLAR,
HILLBILLY YACHT, GATOR BAIT,
and ROSIE boats.
"GOLDIES":
Eleven goldies were weighed in and
they ran from 4 pounds 6 oz to 6
pounds 7 oz. EIght of these were from
San Esteban, including all of the
winners and the rest were caught at
Turner or San Pedro. GATOR BAIT
accounted for five these while SAND
DOLLAR, HILLBILLY YACHT,
HORNED TOAD, FISH-FINDER and
ROSY brought in the rest.
"ROCKIES":
Seven "Rockies" were brought to the
scale from 14 Mile and off the bay
continued on next page
predators to extract them.
The spines can be released Another
in the Kino Nuevo area. They weighed by pressing on the second
Reminder!
in between 1 pound 15 oz and 2
spine. The four species on ATV’s are a fun type
pounds 12 oz. All of the winners were the west coast of mexico all
of transportation.
from 14 Mile, but the two from the
have very tough (thus
They aren’t fun when
t
bay were pretty respectable being
"rhino-hide") skins and at hey are ridden on the
caught from an inflatable, the
least one species has thick beaches of Kino Bay,
MONTANA FALCONITO. The
armored scales, similar to as it is ILLEGAL!
PONY EXPRESS, SEA SHELL and
the alligator gar fish.
Not everyone is
FISH-FINDER caught the rest
Another obvious trait is the aware that throughout
fierce looking dentition of Mexico it is aviolation to operate an ATV and/or
TRIGGERFISH:
eight human-like incisor any motorized vehicle on the
Six triggers were recorded from 1
teeth. These are used on
pound 10 oz to 5 pounds 4 oz. Four
beach.
were landed at 14 Mile and two from their primary food items, The Comandáncia of Bahia de Kino and the
sea urchins, small
Turner. FISH-FINDER and PONY
Hermosillo Police will citethe driver and/or
crustaceans, and mollusks. impound the vehicle.
EXPRESS brought all of the triggers
Of course, they will readily Families and children gather on the beaches of
that were weighed.
chomp on any cut bait
Kino Bay for recreation, picnics and swimming.
YELLOWTAIL:
small fish or clumsy
respect them and their safety by respecting
Although more yellowtail were caught fishermen, as we all know. Please
the
law.
during the tournament, only one was
Most triggers are found
caught by a tourney fisher-person and around islands, sea mounts and rocky thus the name "fileskin". These are
found in the southern half of the Sea
that was at Willard by Judy Kidd on
shores, especially near mixes or rock
of Cortez, and reach weights to three
EL SUENO at 12 pounds 8 oz.
and sand bottom. All triggerfish are
pounds. I caught a few of these near
PERRYDIZE non-tournament
known for their eating qualities and
Punta Chivato on the Baja side a
fishermen did get some yellowtail at
are cooked in a variety of ways or
number of years ago and was
Willard, San Esteban and San Pedro.
make excellent ceviche.
impressed with their contrasting colors
The most common trigger fish is the
Since some really nice triggerfish or
and armored hides.
"finescale trigger", AKA blanco or
"cochi" have been caught this winter
cochi. They reach weights up to seven The last "sport-fish trigger" is the
and they have always been a
"spotted oceanic" or "rough"
and are easily caught on cut
dependable and important species here pounds
triggerfish. I have never caught these
or lures near rocky areas.
in the Sea of Cortez, I thought I would bait
but did see them on long range trips
"Blunthead triggerfish" AKA the
finish up with a brief report on them.
off southern Baja. They have dark blue
"stone trigger" or cochita, are the
The triggerfish are in the family
largest species, reaching weights up to sides with small white spots along a
more elongated body. They are often
Balistidae and are known for their
eleven pounds. and are found on the
found in deeper water than the other
unique defensive adaptations. Their
Pacific side of Baja north to
common name comes from the three
Magdalena Bay, and into the southern species, but usually near floating
stout dorsal spines which are able to
half of the Sea of Cortez and south to debris. They are not as common and
have a more southern range. They can
lock into an erect position. This allows Guatemala. They are very similar to
be pests to the sport fishing boats
them to wedge into crevices in the
the fine-scale trigger.
nearby rocks, making it difficult for
The "orange-side" or "fileskin" trigger, trying to focus on the larger dorado or
yellowtail near sea weed "paddies". I
AKA taxi or
cochino is similar believe I heard some deckhands refer
Familias Unidas
to them as "rudder fish".
to the others in
There are many other species of
body shape but
On March 6, 2013, Familias Unidas held their Casa tour
triggers, and some make great colorful
has darker
in Old Kino. Many people participated in touring this
aquarium fish, such as the Picasso and
coloration with
year's selected homes, in various stages of construction.
clown triggerfish. However, they quite
deep red-orange
What a wonderful morning we had. Following the tour,
blotches along the fierce and predaceous on other fish if
lunch was served and we were entertained by students
kept in "community" tanks.
from CAME #7 and the Secondary School. Thank you to lower side. The
scales are much
all who came, saw, ate & enjoyed the day. Familias
thicker
with a
Unidas appreciates your support.
rasp like shape,
Fishing, cont.
April 201 3
Margaritaville
Legend
8:15 Walking Aerobics
9:15 Weights & Stretch
9:15 Ladies Putt Putt
10:30 Interdenominational
Church service
8:30 Line Dancing
Ladies Bocce
10:30 Readers Group
9:00 Bizarre Bazaar CH 12
12:30 Party Bridge
5:00 Social Hour
4:30 Bar Opens